Norway Wins 2006 Toyota World Junior Golf Team Championship by Slimmest of Margins
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Friday, June 23, 2006
Norway Wins 2006 Toyota World Junior Golf Team Championship by Slimmest of Margins
TOYOTA CITY, Japan ? With a 6-under final round, Norway claimed the 2006 Toyota World Junior Golf Team Championship at the Chukyo Golf Club Ishino Course in Toyota City, Aichi-Prefecture, Japan by a single stroke over Sweden. The Swedes shot a final round 8-under 208 to finish the tournament at 833 (-31), bested only by Norway?s 832 (-32). Host Japan claimed third at 25-under, nine shots ahead of fourth-place finisher Chinese Taipei (-16). Norway?s Marius Thorp shot a final-round 67 to finish the tournament at 17-under, five below Sweden?s Bjorn Akessono and Naoto Nakanishi of Japan (-12).
The United States left the clubhouse without the cup for the first time in three years, finishing fifth at 12-under. Argentina (-11), Canada (-7) and The Netherlands (-5) walked off the course under par at sixth, seventh and eight, respectively. Colombia (+3), New Zealand (+5), Korea (+6), England (+8), South Africa (+9), Venezuela (+14) and Mexico (+30) rounded up the field.
Trailing the top three individual competitors were Sweden?s Jesper Kennegard and Kyle Stanley of The United States at 11-under. Norway?s Anders Kristiansen checked in at the sixth position at minus-9, a stroke in front of Yeon-Jin Jeong of Korea and Japan?s Shunsuke Sonoda (-8). Pan Fu-Chiang of Chinese Taipei (-7) and Sweden?s Robin Wingardh (-5) closed out the top 10.
American Hudson Swafford carded a final-round 69 to finish the tournament at 4-over. Also finishing at 4-over and tying Swafford for 31st was teammate Alex Volpenhein. The final member of Team USA - Jordan Cox - finished the tournament tied for 49th at 8-over.
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2006 Toyota World Junior Golf Team Championship
Final Round Results
Team Standings
1. Norway 207-208-207-210=832(-32)
2. Sweden 206-205-214-208=833(-31)
3. Japan 208-210-209-212=839(-25)
4. Chinese Taipei 211-205-216-216=848(-16)
5. USA 216-209-215-212=852(-12)
6. Argentina 215-210-214-214=853(-11)
7. Canada 216-213-216-212=857(-7)
8. Netherlands 220-205-214-220=859(-5)
9. Colombia 219-218-211-219=867(+3)
10. New Zealand 219-215-212-223=869(+5)
11. Korea 213-219-222-216=870(+6)
12. England 220-208-221-223=872(+8)
13. South Africa 218-218-215-222=873(+9)
14. Venezuela 226-216-212-224=878(+14)
15. Mexico 223-228-223-220=894(+30)
Individual Standings
1. Marius Thorp, Norway 68-71-65-67=271(-17)
T2. Bjorn Akesson, Sweden 69-67-70-70=276(-12)
T2. Naoto Nakanishi, Japan 72-69-65-70=276(-12)
T4. Jesper Kennegard, Sweden 68-69-70-70=277(-11)
T4. Kyle Stanley, USA 70-69-70-68=277(-11)
6. Anders Kristiansen, Norway 71-67-70-71=279(-9)
T7. Yeon-Jin Jeong, Korea 69-71-73-67=280(-8)
T7. Shunsuke Sonoda, Japan 70-68-71-71=280(-8)
9. Pan Fu-Chiang, Chinese Taipei 70-68-73-70=281(-7)
10. Robin Wingardh, Sweden 69-72-74-68=283(-5)
T31. Hudson Swafford, USA 75-72-76-69=292(+4)
T31. Alex Volpenhein, USA 78-68-70-76=292(+4)
T49. Jordan Cox, USA 71-75-75-75=296(+8)
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